Though the latter don't constitute a numerically huge voting bloc, Ukrainian-Americans reside in Midwestern battlegrounds such as Ohio and Pennsylvania, swing states which Trump must win. Traditionally, Ukrainian-Americans have skewed toward the Republican Party which took a hard line toward the Soviet Union during the Cold War. In Ohio, Ukrainian-Americans are mostly congregated around Cleveland and some 45,000 people stateside trace their roots back to the Old Country. In neighboring Ohio, Ukrainian-Americans have been no less active. Paying the Political PriceThough Manafort has resigned from the Trump campaign, the political damage may have already been done.

Source: Huffington Post August 19, 2016 20:15 UTC